The following shows how to replicate some of Surround's features if you don't happen to have it installed.
NOTE: We only dealt with the simplest cases, here, and the convoluted nature of some of these commands shows how well designed and useful that plugin is. And let's not talk about all the corner cases it handles.
Install it, it's worth it.
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # toggle tablet mode script | |
| # | |
| # Toggles the keyboard and touchpad on and off for tablet mode on many devices | |
| # PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU ARE USING GNOME OR RUNNING SOME ONBOARD KEYBOARD APP BEFORE RUNNING THIS SCRIPT. | |
| # This toggler a system variable named TABLET_MODE, OFF and then turns it ON | |
| # Depends on `notify-send` and `xinput` | |
| # if you dont have any: `brew install libnotify xinput` | |
| # Must run using `source ./tgTABLETMODE.sh` | |
| # would appreciate if anyone could turn this in a GNOME Plugin |